Joy of meditation
YOU CAN BE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN MEDITATION…..
“ Meditation is something that has to become your constant companion. So my method is such that it disturbs nothing. For example, I am talking to you: my method is while I am talking to you, I am fully aware of what I am saying, to whom I am saying.... Every gesture of my hand is with full awareness . So do whatsoever you are doing -- walking on the street or swimming on the lake -- but remain conscious of your activity. Then you can be twenty-four hours in meditation…..”
Question : DO YOU MEDITATE FOR MANY HOURS A DAY?
OSHO: “ It is my twenty-four hour thing, because I will have to explain a little bit about it.... Other religions have prescribed people few minutes, half an hour -- to meditate, concentrate, contemplate, pray -- but to me the whole idea is idiotic that you can meditate for half an hour and for the remaining twenty-three and half hour, you can remain non-meditative. That is impossible. It is just like, "Breathe half an hour and for the remaining, forget all about it -- tomorrow morning breathe again."
Meditation is something that has to become your constant companion. So my method is such that it disturbs nothing. For example, I am talking to you: my method is while I am talking to you, I am fully aware of what I am saying, to whom I am saying.... Every gesture of my hand is with full awareness.
So do whatsoever you are doing -- walking on the street or swimming on the lake -- but remain conscious of your activity. Then you can be twenty-four hours in meditation. And unless you can be twenty-four hours in meditation, all your half an hour meditations are toys: you are just befooling yourself. “
“ Meditation is something that has to become your constant companion. So my method is such that it disturbs nothing. For example, I am talking to you: my method is while I am talking to you, I am fully aware of what I am saying, to whom I am saying.... Every gesture of my hand is with full awareness . So do whatsoever you are doing -- walking on the street or swimming on the lake -- but remain conscious of your activity. Then you can be twenty-four hours in meditation…..”
Question : DO YOU MEDITATE FOR MANY HOURS A DAY?
OSHO: “ It is my twenty-four hour thing, because I will have to explain a little bit about it.... Other religions have prescribed people few minutes, half an hour -- to meditate, concentrate, contemplate, pray -- but to me the whole idea is idiotic that you can meditate for half an hour and for the remaining twenty-three and half hour, you can remain non-meditative. That is impossible. It is just like, "Breathe half an hour and for the remaining, forget all about it -- tomorrow morning breathe again."
Meditation is something that has to become your constant companion. So my method is such that it disturbs nothing. For example, I am talking to you: my method is while I am talking to you, I am fully aware of what I am saying, to whom I am saying.... Every gesture of my hand is with full awareness.
So do whatsoever you are doing -- walking on the street or swimming on the lake -- but remain conscious of your activity. Then you can be twenty-four hours in meditation. And unless you can be twenty-four hours in meditation, all your half an hour meditations are toys: you are just befooling yourself. “
OSHO
Book -The Last Testament, Vol 2 Chapter #20 , Chapter title: None 10 September 1985 Evening ,Venue - Jesus Grove, Rajneeshpuram, America
Book -The Last Testament, Vol 2 Chapter #20 , Chapter title: None 10 September 1985 Evening ,Venue - Jesus Grove, Rajneeshpuram, America
“ Become an image of meditation, become meditation. Walk in meditation, sit in meditation, eat in meditation, sleep in meditation. Let the flavour of meditation spread all over your life -- breathe in, breathe out, but meditation continues.
Meditation simply means an awareness of all that is happening. That which is happening outside -- that is the outermost circle of your life. Then that which is being done by your body -- that is the second concentric circle, closer to you. Then the third concentric circle is that which is done by your mind. And then the fourth is that which is done by your feelings and emotions. And within these four concentric circles is your centre, the fifth.
If you become aware of all that is going on, sooner or later you will become centred at the centre and you will be able to see the whole panorama, the whole drama of the outer world, of physical activity, of psychological activity, of emotional activity. And when you are able to see all this you become free of it because immediately you come to know that you are the seer, you are not the doer. That is the greatest revolution in life, when this shift happens, that you are no more a doer but just a seer, a witness. Than one becomes an image of meditation -- a Buddha, a Christ, a Zarathustra. “
Meditation simply means an awareness of all that is happening. That which is happening outside -- that is the outermost circle of your life. Then that which is being done by your body -- that is the second concentric circle, closer to you. Then the third concentric circle is that which is done by your mind. And then the fourth is that which is done by your feelings and emotions. And within these four concentric circles is your centre, the fifth.
If you become aware of all that is going on, sooner or later you will become centred at the centre and you will be able to see the whole panorama, the whole drama of the outer world, of physical activity, of psychological activity, of emotional activity. And when you are able to see all this you become free of it because immediately you come to know that you are the seer, you are not the doer. That is the greatest revolution in life, when this shift happens, that you are no more a doer but just a seer, a witness. Than one becomes an image of meditation -- a Buddha, a Christ, a Zarathustra. “
OSHO
Darshan Diary - The Golden Wind (Unpublished) , Chapter # 24 , Chapter Name – None , Date - 24 July 1980 Evening , Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Rajneesh Ashram, Pune, India
Darshan Diary - The Golden Wind (Unpublished) , Chapter # 24 , Chapter Name – None , Date - 24 July 1980 Evening , Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Rajneesh Ashram, Pune, India
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